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The Lakota Way Of Strength And Courage, February 2012
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THE LAKOTA WAY OF STRENGTH AND COURAGE
By: Joseph Marshall III

Lessons in Resilience from the Bow and Arrow

Sounds True
February 2012
On Sale: January 28, 2012
200 pages
ISBN: 1604078782
EAN: 9781604078787
Kindle: B006VXPKE6
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction

In Lakota tradition, the bow and arrow were more than tools for hunting or battle. The bow’s resilience and flexibility, the arrow’s grace and power, the archer’s focus and patience—in these, we find the essential qualities for living a life of strength, purpose, and simplicity. In ,em>The Lakota Way of Strength and Courage, Joseph M. Marshall builds upon the central metaphor of the bow and arrow to provide a treasury of insights, stories, and irreplaceable wisdom. With elegant and captivating writing, this master storyteller illuminates timeless lessons on:

Transformation—how we can preserve what is fundamental even as our external circumstances change Simplicity—the story of grandmother Grass Braid, who understood that “the more you know, the less you need to carry” Strength and Resiliency—what the history and lore of the Lakota can teach us about growing through adversity Purpose—how the world unveils our purpose to us, as revealed in story of the Keeper of the Winter Count

Once, the Lakota people relied on the ash bow and the willow arrow to provide food and sustenance. Today, these simple tools can offer us something even more precious: a way to nourish our souls with spiritual wisdom. Joseph M. Marshall offers a book that is at once profound, honest, and rich with meaning as he reveals The Lakota Way of Strength and Courage.

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